Wall Street Journal Editorial, The Supreme Court last year gave states a green light to collect online sales tax from out-of-state businesses without setting guardrails. And what do you know? States are now testing the limits of their taxing power and creating a web of regulatory trip-wires for small businesses. […]

By Vlad Yurlov Cascade Policy Institute, Does the cannabis industry need central planning? The Oregon legislature thinks so. On June 17, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill allowing the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to limit the number of marijuana production licenses, “based on the supply and demand for marijuana.” Senate […]

Oregon US Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., this week to introduce comprehensive legislation that would expand protections for American air travelers. The Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights requires airlines to pay […]

Wall Street Journal Editorial, Multiple reports out of the White House last week say President Trump overruled all of his economic advisers other than Peter Navarro when he decided to impose new tariffs on China. Global and American economic conditions have been heading south ever since, so perhaps we should […]

Tim Duy, Oregon Economic Indicators University of Oregon This is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for August 2019. The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.26 in June, up from an downwardly-revised -0.07 in May. Highlights of this month’s report include: – The moving average […]

By J. Chris Duckworth, Attorney, Bullard Law NW law firm Cities with unionized workforces take note: on June 20, 2019, Governor Brown signed House Bill (“HB”) 2016 into law, which will place numerous new restrictions and requirements on how public sector employers (“Employers”) do business with unions and unionized workforces. […]

Long-Term Job Openings Fueled by Replacements By Oregon Employment Department, Continued job growth and record low unemployment are making it difficult for Oregon businesses to fill current vacancies, and Oregon’s economy is expected to create 263,000 job openings each year through 2027. At 12 percent, expected employment growth in Oregon […]

Congressman Greg Walden, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after the House passed the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act: Last year alone, 47.8 billion robocalls were placed nationwide. Already this year, there have been 25 billion robocalls — that is over 76 per person so far this year. […]

National Federation of Independent Business, NFIB, the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of NFIB President & CEO Juanita D. Duggan in response to the United States House of Representatives passage of the Raise the Wage Act, harmful legislation that would mandate a federal […]

Josh Lehner Oregon Economic Analysis Office In recent months we have discussed the big picture outlook for labor supply, the silver tsunami of retirements, how migration is slowing but remains the key driver of population gains, and how birthrates are dropping and deaths are rising. However, what we haven’t done […]